Knockdown crate



(No Model.)

P HAUCK KNOGKDOWN CRATE.

No. 466,234. Patented Deo. 29, 1891.

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PHILIP .I'IAUCIL OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

KNocKDovi/N CRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,234, dated December 29, 1891. Application filed March 1l, 1891. Serial No. 384.565. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, PHILIP HAUCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Crates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to knockdown crates for shipping purposes, is designed especially for the shipment of paper boxes, and has for its object to improve the construction and increase the efficiency thereof.

My invention consists in the details of construction and the combinations of parts, as hereinafter fully described and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention complete. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the improved crate with its front removed, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a detail.

In said drawings, Al represents the improved crate,having its sides composed of the slats@ a', secured to the cross-bars a4 a5, its front and back composed of 'theV slats b b,secured to the cross-bars b4 b, and its top and bottom composed of the slats c c', secured to the cross-bars c4 ci c6 c7, the bars c4 being severed transversely, as is the bar c5, near their front ends and having secured thereto t-he hinges d d', the portidn of the top outside such separation thus constituting the lid C. The central slats c2 c3 of the top and bottom have secured thereto at each of their ends the oppositely-disposed shoes e e', provided with vertical sockets for reception of the ends of the central slats c2 a3 of the sides of the crate, and the end slats of said top and bottom, which are brought into closer relation than the rest of the slats, have secured to their inner sides in alignment with the cross-bars c5 c7 the similar shoes e2 e3 e, having vertical sockets therein for reception of the ends of the central slats b2 b3 of the front and back of the crate.

F F represent metallic rods, having their lower ends formed into rings and engaging with the eyebolts f f said eyebolts being secured in the plates f2 f3 by the nuts f4 and having their upper ends threaded, passing through the plates f5 f6, and receiving the nuts f7 f8, said plates being secured to the outer sides of the end slats of the top and bottom near` their ends. Supposing now the crate to be in a knockdown condition, the bottom is first laid on the door and the sides and back placed in the proper relative positions therewith by the insertion of the lower ends of their central slats in the sockets of the shoes e e3, such sockets being of the same sha-pe as the kcross-section of said slats,preventing the twistscrewed as tightly as possible on said threaded ends. Thus far,through the medium of said rods and the nuts thereon, the central slats of the sides and back of the crateare prevented from disengagement with the sockets in the shoes, the top, bottom, sides, and back maintained in rigid relation, and the frontleft open for the passage of merchandise thereinto. Finally, when the crate is full, the lid O is raised, if not already so, and the front placed 'so as to bring the lower end of its central slat into engagement with the socket in the shoe e4, such front being also maintained in itsvertical position thereby. Then said lid is swung back into its horizontal position, causing the shoe e5 thereon to embrace the upper end ot' said central slat of the front of the crate and the threaded ends ofA the bolts F, to` pass through the openings in the plates ff", when the nuts f7 are placed thereon, thus securing the front rigidly in' position and the lid and top in rigid relation, completing the operation.

To remove the goods from the crate, the front is first removed in a manner the reverse of that just described and the bolts F swung into position between the slats at the front ends of the sides, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, where they are out of the way and allow of an unobstructed removal of such goods. Upon the conclusion of such removal the sides, back, and top are removed by reversing the operation hereinbefore described,

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Vbottom of the crate.

and the bolts F F swung on their joints with the eyebolts f f until they lie flat on the Then the sides, back, front, and top are laid flat one upon the other on said bottom and the whole bound together in any convenient manner for reshipment or storage, in which condition the crate occupies but very little space, effecting an economy of storage-room and freightage.

Vhat I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. In a crate, the combination of the top and bottom sections having shoes secured thereto provided with sockets, and the side, front, and back sections having slats with their ends secured in said sockets, substantially as specified.

2. AIn a crate, the combination of the top and bottom sections having shoes secured thereto provided with sockets,the side, front, and back sections having slats with their'ends in said sockets, and rods secured to said top and bottom and connecting substantially as-specified.

3. A"In a'crate, the combination of the top section having a hinged portion, the bottom sec- 'tion,'and'a removable front section, said bottom section and hinged portion `,being provided `with sockets `for 'reception of the'ends of and keeping the front section in its normal-position relatively to said top and `loottom sections, substantially as specified.

4. Ina crate,the combinationot'the top section havinga hinged portion, the-bottom section,'anda removable front section, said bottomsection and hinged portion being provided `with retainers for reception of the ends of the ffront section, and vrods secured to and connecting'saidtop'and bottom sections and maintaining them in operative relation with `the remaining sections, substantially as speci- `tied.

I5. In a crate, the combination ot' the top-section having a hinged portion, the lat-ter and said section being provided with sockets, the

bottom-section provided withsockets, and the `said section being provided With sockets, the

bottomsectionprovided with sockets, the side, front,.and back sections having slats with their ends in said sockets, and rods secured to and connecting said top and bottom, substantially as specied.

7. In a crate, the combination of the top section having a `hinged portion, the latter and said section having shoes secured thereto `provided with sockets, the bottom section having similar shoes'secured thereto, and the side, front, and back sections having slats with their ends secured in said sockets, substantially as specified.

S. In a crate, the combination of the top section having a hinged portion, t-he latter and said section having shoes secured thereto provided with sockets, the bottom section having similar shoes secured thereto, the side, front, and back sections having slats with their ends in said sockets, and rods secured to and connecting said top and bottom,fsubstantially as specified.

El. In acrate, the combination ot' the top and bottom sections having shoes secured thereto provided with sockets, the side, ffront, and back sections having slats with their ends in said sockets, and jointed rods secured to and connecting said top andlbottom, substantially `as speci tied.

`sockets and metallic plates secured thereto,

the bottom section `havingsimilar-shoes'and plates secured thereto, the side, front, `and `my hand this 9th day of March, A. D. 189.1.

PHI-LTP HAUCK. Witnesses: WM. L. SOWELL, R. DALE SPARHAWK.

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Correction in Lettere Patent No. 466,234.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N o. 466,234, granted December 29, 1891, upon the application of Philip Hauck, 'of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improve ment in Knockdown Crates, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 22, page 2, the Words and connecting77 should be stricken ont and inserted after the Words secured to 7 inline 2l, same'page; and that the Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that .the same'may oonform to the record of the 'case in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 5th day of January, A. D. 1892.

[SEAL] f" l GYRUS BUSSEY,

' Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Countersigned v W. E. SIMoNDs,

Commissioner of Patents. 

